Yeah, at that point, he was more American than Canadian. The US government should have to explain either why he wasn’t granted citizenship or else why he wasn’t deported. Keeping people in citizenship limbo is just diet slavery, a disposable workforce. I get that’s probably the whole point and has been for a while, but I also think it’s good to call it out until enough people care to make a change.
Are politicians on the menu?
Not a citizen, but he should have been. If a legal resident has been in the US for ten years, the government should either have to grant them citizenship or explain why they don’t qualify and deport them. This guy was selling drugs, yeah, but he was also probably paying taxes. That’s the whole point of the system as it is, exploiting immigrants for illegal labor and then blaming them when they get caught. This guy should have gotten a trial, probably some prison time, and enough rehabilitation to reenter free society.
In reality, yeah. We also don’t give unattended children food without knowing their allergies either, and we don’t train them to torment their parents. We just ask the parents to either tend to their children or else leave. Signs like this are just a cheeky reminder.
“Well, fuck me. I feel goddam calm for once.”
The kazoo is the crowning touch. I’d add giving them a husky puppy and a fully automatic Nerf dart gun with 10,000 rounds.
Mine stopped working. I don’t know what it was doing before, but it’s not doing it now.
I think that’s exactly it. A worst-case scenario for the beneficiaries of that parade would be a completely deserted area with tumbleweeds blowing across the street.
All bets are off at this point, but the “No Kings” event planners have made a point of avoiding that by steering things away from the fascist birthday cabaret performance scheduled for the same date in DC.
It will be a showcase one way or the other.
“US prepares for appropriate response to especially egregious acts.”
Ah, the crisp, refreshing taste of diet fascism.
Bold of you to assume this about enforcing law (or keeping peace).
This is escalation for the sake of performative leadership. It’s another manufactured crisis. They find a manageable problem under someone else’s purview, exacerbate it, use the escalation to claim the other party is losing control, step in, and pretend to help while the other party solves the problem, then they take credit and walk away. It’s a power grab. Bonus points if it distracts everyone else from the supposed leader’s negligence, incompetence, and outright theft. The Big Beautiful Bill isn’t drawing the same portion of the public’s attention as it was before, is it?
The bullest of shit indeed: enacting cruelty on the vulnerable to enable robbing the overwhelming majority Americans.
This concludes the rant. Thanks for your post. I hope we never stop talking about this and never let future generations forget.
Yeah, connotation and context are important.
That’s honestly kind of cool, even if the circumstances that led to it might not have been.
I don’t think a 2025 Armored Personnel Carrier is capable of keeping a teen driver safe. Having said that, I think the best we can do is front and side airbags, crumple zones, a low center of gravity (sorry Jeep), and Electronic Stability Control (ESC). If I had to put a year on that, I’d say 2012, when the NHTSA required all new vehicles to have ESC. A roll cage wouldn’t hurt, if that’s an option. Bonus points if you can convince them to wear a racing helmet and Leatt neck brace while driving.
I don’t have any data to support it, but I’d speculate that the middle class uses a lot less illicit drugs, lacking the desperation of the poor or the protections of the wealthy.
I like that one. I used to jokingly tell people I drove a classic car. It was technically correct, but no one was impressed by my rusted out, 1980s, economy sedan or its 115 horses.
Good point. I should have said, “illicit drugs.”
We all make mistakes, it’s okay. I once had a conflict with a family member and then bought their children squeaky hammers. Unethical and petty? Yes. Satisfying and at least vaguely just? Also yes.